VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.8.5 Public] [Caribdis]

[cyan101]

Royalty Free Music TOS prevents the usage of any track for anything pornographic (which unfortunately AVNs fall under). The only reason Cari got away with it for this long was because the game was flying under the radar compared to the AVNs in Steam. However, considering that the game continues to become increasingly popular and with more fans alerting Royalty Free Music artists about the game through mentions in the YT comments, it was only a matter of time until the CnD letter showed up.

Wonder if he will bring the game to Steam now, seems like a no-brainer and considering he wants everyone to be able to enjoy the game, $100 fee is really minor.

 

[TigerWolfe]

Wonder if he will bring the game to Steam now, seems like a no-brainer and considering he wants everyone to be able to enjoy the game, $100 fee is really minor.

He Can't Because Honey Select!

 

[HiP1]

Eternum Music Restoration Mod

TL;DR of what's below: Download mod > grab game folder > put in eternum folder. Unless you've unpacked the RPA you won't have to overwrite anything

Ok it seems that the game prioritizes /game/audio/music over the .rpa version, so all that needs to be done is unpack the zip, grab the game folder and drag it into your Eternum folder. That should restore the music back to the original songs. I've tested it on a few songs in a freshly unpacked 0.8.6 version (windows, specifically) and it played the original music.

Unless Caribdis has to remove more songs again in the future, this should be futureproof and safe to use in all versions from 0.8.6 and above to restore the music that was used in 0.8.5 and before

you might have missed some as there are 51 files that were changed.
and luna's scene in 0.7 has two files "pilgrim1" and "pilgrim2" that were changed into a single track "lunasex1".

 

[MAGO-DAG]

Wonder if he will bring the game to Steam now, seems like a no-brainer and considering he wants everyone to be able to enjoy the game, $100 fee is really minor.

If it was Daz3d or blender then of course it could appear on Steam, but HS no.

 

[FanOfEcchiSensei]

you might have missed some as there are 51 files that were changed.
and luna's scene in 0.7 has two files "pilgrim1" and "pilgrim2" that were changed into a single track "lunasex1".

There probably is at least one other dual song that got changed into a single song, since there were 4 removed tracks (pilgrim1, pilgrim2, riofluye, riofluyeb), I don't really have an idea on how to change those, unless I also revert back the origina script to play both songs, which seems possible since caribdis splits his scripts per episode anyways. The only minor concern with that is that if he ever updates the script to fix something. I mainly just wanted to throw out the first edition rather quick so that it was still available.

That would also bring the count back up to what it should be
36 in /music, 11 in music/08, +2 for pilgrim1/2, +2 for riofluye(b), 51 total

however, one thing I'm scared of if I have to start involving the actual scripts, is that it might screw over compatibility with any other mods.
That would definitely be possible if our good old multimod creator LightmanP would want to incorporate the music restoration mod into their mod. Then there wouldn't be compatibility issues since they already alter the scripts, so having pilgrim1, pilgrim2, riofluye and riofluyeb play in their original locations would be easy enough.

I will however update the mod and add those 4 files in their original locations, to make it easier incase LightmanP does want to incorporate it into their mod, which I am completely OK with

 

[dante4ever]

guys an help please, meanwhile we are waiting for release of 0.9, i was searching something similar with Caribdis VN but i don't find anything of interesting. Have you any tips about VN with humour, mistery, teenagers??? Thanks so much

 

[e6mill]

VN with humour, mistery, teenagers???

Ripples.

 

[Kraxen]

Just compared the new songs to the old ones, and while they're decent, they don't hold a candle to the old ones. Sadly, most first-time players won't end up using the restoration mod and thus will never experience some of those amazing songs, all thanks to greedy copyright holders

 

[ChipLecsap]

Important Update: Changes to the Game’s Music



Hey everyone,

I wanted to take a moment to share an important update regarding Eternum’s soundtrack. Due to a licensing and guidelines issue with a music platform, we’ve had to remove all of its content from the game. Unfortunately, this means that a few of the tracks you’ve come to love will no longer be present.

However, thanks to the incredible effort of several community members, we’ve replaced those songs with other free alternatives and AI-generated pieces to try to maintain the game’s atmosphere. This wasn’t a choice we made willingly, but a necessary action to ensure the project can continue without complications.

Keep in mind that the new version 0.8.6 doesn't include any new content—the only change is the updated sound.

Resolving this issue temporarily paused development, but we’re now back on track and moving forward with 0.9 as planned.

I truly appreciate your understanding and support through this. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but I hope you’ll continue to enjoy Eternum as we keep improving it.



Sincerely,

Caribdis

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fuck those fuckers they should be grateful for having their music feature in this game and get more recognition. There is plenty of music I would not know about if it was not for this game.

 

[Opa Wants]

Just compared the new songs to the old ones, and while they're decent, they don't hold a candle to the old ones. Sadly, most first-time players won't end up using the restoration mod and thus will never experience some of those amazing songs, all thanks to greedy copyright holders

Money is what powers the world either you have it & get what you want or if you don't have it you don't get shit.

 

[Dorfnutter]

fuck those fuckers they should be grateful for having their music feature in this game and get more recognition. There is plenty of music I would not know about if it was not for this game.

In this case it's usually the copyright holders who sent the CnD, not the artists themselves who prolly don't even own the music anymore (and most prolly even don't even care that people like Cari use them for their work so long as they pay for the license and shit).

 

[ChipLecsap]

Silverware especially. Such a fire song that fits this game so well.

and that's Nova's theme
Fuck them

 

[Dorfnutter]

and that's Nova's theme
Fuck them

Silverware's still in the game. It's Drown Inside It that got nuked.

 

[ChipLecsap]

Silverware's still in the game. It's Drown Inside It that got nuked.

thats a Nova's them too, so as I said , Fuck them

 

[FanOfEcchiSensei]

I've just posted a message on LightmanP's multi mod, I will keep my standalone mod up, however there will be 4 *songs* I cannot restore without creating incompatibilities with LightmanP's multi mod. If they do include the music restoration mod into their mod in the future, all songs should be restored *as long as they don't change their version script5.rpy, script7.rpy and gallery_replay.rpy into the new versions*

 

[Finuee]

Money is what powers the world either you have it & get what you want or if you don't have it you don't get shit.

Sadly true

 

[Jetsums]

just came in today and saw there was a new update. can anyone please put the link for v0.8.5 android version

 

[SteveyP]

A real shame about the music change. It sucks when an artist can't create their vision the way they want to due to limitations like this. But after a quick play-through to check out the notable changes (the background music changes arguably went unnoticed), Caribdis did a pretty good job at finding suitable replacements for most of them. I'd even argue that there is one or two that are even better than the original. But unfortunately there are the same number where the original is just too good to find a replacement for, making the new one pale in comparison.

Spoiler: Songs that surpass the original. Whether it be in quality or matching the scene.

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Spoiler: Songs that match the original. Or match the vibes of the original.

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Spoiler: Songs that fall short of the original. Whether it be in quality or matching the scene as well.

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I unfortunately couldn't find the name for any of the new songs. I might have to type in the lyrics on some of the liscensed music sites to find them. Or if someone already has, listing them would be a big help.

 

[snchmbrs]

For anyone who is curious I have pulled apart the Eternum files and created a spreadsheet of all the changed tracks (I'm fairly sure I found all of them as I used software to compare old files and new files and also cross referenced both versions of the game). I consolidated all my finding in a spreadsheet which has the original track name from the 0.8 version of the game, the tech name that the game files use for any of you techies who might want them and also a short description of where in the game the track can be found (SPOILERS BEWARE).

I saved the spreadsheet to a Google Sheet here is the link

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ALSO AS CARIBDIS THEMSELVES HAS ALREADY STATED:
Please refrain from reaching out to any artists, commenting on YouTube videos, or creating Spotify

 

[Dorfnutter]

A real shame about the music change. It sucks when an artist can't create their vision the way they want to due to limitations like this. But after a quick play-through to check out the notable changes (the background music changes arguably went unnoticed), Caribdis did a pretty good job at finding suitable replacements for most of them. I'd even argue that there is one or two that are even better than the original. But unfortunately there are the same number where the original is just too good to find a replacement for, making the new one pale in comparison.

Spoiler: Songs that surpass the original. Whether it be in quality or matching the scene.

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Spoiler: Songs that match the original. Or match the vibes of the original.

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Spoiler: Songs that fall short of the original. Whether it be in quality or matching the scene as well.

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I unfortunately couldn't find the name for any of the new songs. I might have to type in the lyrics on some of the liscensed music sites to find them. Or if someone already has, listing them would be a big help.

The replacements are AI stuff made by volunteers from the higher tier subs. They had to churn those out quick because the license holders who issued the CnD gave Cari 7 days to comply before they escalate and make things a LOT uglier than they already are.